7 Ways to Get Rid of Wasps

Some types of wasps like building their hives underground. While this can be obnoxious when you’re out gardening, it actually makes it easier to get rid of them. You can pour hot water down the hole and then block the entrance with a boulder or something else. Or you can just block it off and let the wasps die of starvation. Just remember that most underground nests have multiple entrances, so block them all.

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That “fake nest” is actually a European hornet nest. Hornets are natural wasp enemies, so the wasps tend to look for living areas well away from potential murderers. Works great on European wasps but the North American paper wasps aren’t quite as unhappy about it. If you have an established wasp nest in your yard, they won’t bat an eye at this thing. However if all you’re seeing are a few advance scouts looking to set up shop, you may have good luck hanging one. We are in the US and use these to deter wasps from hanging out around our beehives, and have had fairly good success with them, but have tried hanging one near an existing nest before and it did nothing. The manufacturer will say the same thing as well.